shakable
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a word derived from
shake.
shakeverb (used without object)to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
Example Sentences
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Other fun includes hearing stories, making shakable crafts and touching creepy and crawling live creatures from land and sea.
From New York Times ● Oct. 23, 2014
The shakable soil goes down 95 feet in some places before it hits bedrock.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 22, 2010
It was almost like seeing him reminded me of a part of me I'd shed and no longer wanted but that still clung to me, not completely shakable, too close to be forgotten.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
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It was while the army lay at Platæa that news came which might have shaken Glaucon’s purpose, had that purpose been shakable.
From A Victor of Salamis by William Stearns Davis